Free
Event • Contemporary Art
Jun. 12, 2026
Spoonful of Dirt Finissage
Join an afternoon and evening of activities at the Champ des Possibles with the artists Spoonful of Dirt, exploring urban rewilding and multispecies habitats
Off-Site Location
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Discover the outcome of the PHI Montréal 2026 residency through the projects of Eva Quintas and the collective Spoonful of Dirt (Andrea Williamson and Nina Pariser)
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About the Exhibition
As part of the 2026 edition of the PHI Montréal residency, PHI is pleased to welcome Eva Quintas, as well as Spoonful of Dirt, a collective formed by Andrea Williamson and Nina Pariser. After several months of meetings, workshops, and exchanges, their respective projects are now entering a meaningful phase. Throughout the month of June, the public is invited to discover the emerging forms of their research and to contribute to them through this exhibition, as well as during a series of free public activities.
While distinct in their approaches, the works presented here converge around shared concerns: questioning the environments we inhabit and shape, assessing the effects of human constructions on a diversity of living beings, and dreaming up futures in which more equitable modes of organization might emerge.
Spoonful of Dirt’s work focuses on animal species once present on the island of Tiotià:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal, now displaced by the intensification of human activity. Through clay and watercolor representations created during participatory workshops, the silhouettes of these animals reappear as spectral presences, inviting us to rethink the conditions for interspecies coexistence.
For her part, Eva Quintas turns her attention to the Havre district and its residents in a poetic inquiry that brings together photographs and videos, testimonies and texts. At a time when issues related to access to our waterways are taking on increasing importance across the province, her work highlights a paradox: the notable absence of the St. Lawrence River in the stories of the people she met in the Havre, even as a moment of speculative intensification unfolds in this area.
In resonance with each other, these projects reveal different ways of inhabiting, perceiving, and relating to the territories we share, while opening onto the imagination of new configurations and modes of existence.
Discover the artists
Photo: Émilie Pelletier
Since 2019, Andrea Williamson and Nina Pariser (Spoonful of Dirt) have created and given workshops based in place-making, eco-citizenship, and community belonging through art. Rooted in a politics of deep attention and care within the multispecies environment, they aim to create spaces that encourage material, practical, and imaginative connections between participants of all ages and backgrounds and their environments. Spoonful of Dirt has presented as part of Concordia Art History’s Graduate Conference Communities of Care (2019), collaborated on eco-art programming with southwest Montreal community programs in Pointe-Saint-Charles and Verdun, FUNMTL (Finding Urban Nature), Bird Protection Québec, and Champs des possibles. More recently, they presented a workshop at Concordia’s environmental justice and creativity conference C-Change (2025), and offered youth eco-art workshops with Optica Jeunesse as part of Leisure’s Chrysalis + Butterfly exhibition (2025).
Website: spoonfulofdirt.ca
Instagram: @spoonfulofdirtcuillereedterre @andrealindaw @ninapariser
Photo: Alain Lefort
Since the 1990s, Eva Quintas has pursued a photographic practice rooted in social and cultural perspectives with an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach. She has produced photographic exhibitions, web artwork, video installations, public space projects, and artist publications. Through an exploration of different narrative forms, her work interrogates the construction of identities, mythologies, and cultural territories. Her work has been presented in Canada, various European and American countries, Japan, and West Africa, in exhibitions, events, media art festivals, and on digital platforms. She combines her practice with cultural work related to policy, programming, mediation, and research. Co-founder of the digital art centre TOPO, she is also a member of La Traversée — Atelier de géopoétique and co-researcher at the Observatoire des médiations culturelles. Of Catalan origin, she lives and works in Montréal.
Website: evaquintas.ca
Facebook: facebook.com/evaquintas
Instagram: @evaquintas_montreal
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/evaquintas
Activations and Performances
Free
Event • Contemporary Art
Jun. 27, 2026
Poetic Readings – Reflections on a Harbour Wander
Contributions to the Retour de flânerie blog and public reading as part of Eva Quintas’s PHI Montréal residency – Le Havre de Montréal, with La Traversée
407 Saint-Pierre Street
Past Event
Event • Contemporary Art
Jun. 6, 13, 20 and Aug. 1, 2026
Montréal Harbour – Exploratory Walks
Take part in the exploratory walks in the Old Port with Eva Quintas and Michel Lefebvre, as part of the PHI Montréal residency
407 Saint-Pierre Street
Event • Contemporary Art
Mar. 18, Apr. 8, May 13 and Jun. 10, 2026
Creative Workshops with Spoonful of Dirt – PHI Montréal
Come explore connections with locally extirpated species and create a collective artwork with Spoonful of Dirt in this two-hour workshop
407 Saint-Pierre Street
Free
Event • Contemporary Art
Jun. 12, 2026
Spoonful of Dirt Finissage
Join an afternoon and evening of activities at the Champ des Possibles with the artists Spoonful of Dirt, exploring urban rewilding and multispecies habitats
Off-Site Location
Free
Event • Contemporary Art
Jun. 27, 2026
Poetic Readings – Reflections on a Harbour Wander
Contributions to the Retour de flânerie blog and public reading as part of Eva Quintas’s PHI Montréal residency – Le Havre de Montréal, with La Traversée
407 Saint-Pierre Street
Past Event
Event • Contemporary Art
Jun. 6, 13, 20 and Aug. 1, 2026
Montréal Harbour – Exploratory Walks
Take part in the exploratory walks in the Old Port with Eva Quintas and Michel Lefebvre, as part of the PHI Montréal residency
407 Saint-Pierre Street
Event • Contemporary Art
Mar. 18, Apr. 8, May 13 and Jun. 10, 2026
Creative Workshops with Spoonful of Dirt – PHI Montréal
Come explore connections with locally extirpated species and create a collective artwork with Spoonful of Dirt in this two-hour workshop
407 Saint-Pierre Street
Videos
Interview with Spoonful of Dirt (Nina Pariser and Andrea Williamson)
Video
Contemporary Art
- Mixed Arts
Interview with Spoonful of Dirt (Nina Pariser and Andrea Williamson)
Video
Contemporary Art
- Mixed Arts
PHI MONTRÉAL
The PHI Montréal residency, carried out in partnership with the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ), offers one artist residing in Montreal and one artist residing in Quebec outside of Montreal the opportunity to collaborate with PHI on the creation and presentation of a public engagement project. The outcomes of this residency may take many forms, including (but not limited to) showcases, events, discussions, performances, and workshops.
The PHI Montréal Residency grounds itself in the emerging field of public engagement, an approach founded on sustained dialogue and collaboration between artists, cultural institutions and communities in the ideation, development and presentation of artworks.
Partners
The PHI Montréal residency program is carried out in partnership with the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.
